Square Shawl
1840–1860
- Medium
- Silk, wool, and cotton, warp threads dyed in multiple colors prior to weaving; center of 2:2 'S' twill weave; patterned areas of warp-float faced 3:1 'S' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'S' twill interlacings; main warp fringe; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment
- Dimensions
- 189.8 × 166.4 cm (74 3/4 × 65 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
silk (fiber)fashionTextileweaving